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Chapter 1703 Order to Surrender
"The civilian resistance in Paris is very fierce. I don't know if it is your tradition, and I don't want to launch a storm to cause unnecessary losses. Our professional soldiers deal with equal opponents, not civilians. So I decided to let you go back to Paris to advise them Disband immediately and let us occupy Paris peacefully. We will return Paris to you after the peace talks, as long as you are willing to negotiate."

Sun Chuanting found Mazarin, the French Cardinal Archbishop who was in his army at this time, and told him the decision of the Holy Allied Army.

Mazaran's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. The Kingdom of France had never suffered such a big loss after the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, let alone the opponent's insistence on occupying Paris.

If even Paris is occupied, how can the Kingdom of France hold its head up in Europe in the future?
"Do you want to occupy Paris? We have already lost the war. Even if you don't occupy Paris, we will sincerely hold peace talks with you. You don't need to do anything extra, and increase unnecessary casualties in vain. As long as you retreat to Amiens, I can lead The embassy came to Amiens to negotiate with you." Mazarin still tried to avoid the fate of Paris being occupied.

"Lord Cardinal, you should know that you should have a bargaining chip in your hand when negotiating, and Paris is our bargaining chip. We must ensure that this bargaining chip is in our hands. Once we retreat to Amiens, you mobilize your troops again, and at the same time The princes of the Netherlands, Spain, and Germany organized their forces to cut off our retreat from the east, aren't we facing enemies?" Sun Chuanting said.

"The city of Paris must be occupied by us." Prince Rupert and other English generals also insisted.

The English have always liked to be shit sticks, the more chaotic the situation is for them, the better. How could they give up occupying Paris?
Although everyone knows that with the fierce resistance of Paris, it is unrealistic to annex here permanently, and it is very likely that Paris will be returned to France after the peace talks, but occupying Paris is a rare military achievement for the generals. During his service, he must leave behind some merits, so that he can tell his younger generations that they once captured the capital of the Kingdom of France.

"I understand what you mean. As long as we are willing to conduct peace talks, after the peace talks, you will return Paris and all the areas you occupied during this war, right?" Mazaran asked.

"All the occupied areas? You are really scheming. When you want to return to Paris, you also want to return to other occupied areas. Of course, these places are also bargaining chips when we negotiate. If you want all the lost land, then Just show more sincerity in the negotiations with our diplomats." Sun Chuanting said.

At the Paris Citizens' Meeting, a group of nobles, businessmen, and handicraft representatives who stayed in Paris gathered together. They were still mobilizing more civilians to participate in the defense of Paris. A small number of farmers in the suburbs of Paris also participated in the Paris defense battle.

Apart from the city of London, this is the largest city in Europe. Cannons are deployed on the city walls and streets. The citizen army is ready to face the Holy Alliance's attack until the street battle.

Unexpectedly, after Sun Chuanting led the Holy Alliance Legion to the city of Paris, they stayed where they were, and did not immediately launch an attack on the city of London.

Cardinal Mazarin returned to Paris at this critical moment.

King Louis XIII left Paris, and the cardinal, who was less than one person and more than ten thousand people, became the most powerful person in Paris. Even the temporarily formed Paris Citizens' Assembly feared the cardinal.

The former Cardinal Richelieu used an iron fist to rectify the order of the Kingdom of France, making the position of Cardinal powerful. As the successor, Mazarin also has unimaginable majesty in the Kingdom of France.

"Immediately give up resistance and temporarily hand over the city of Paris to the people outside the city. His Majesty the King and I will start negotiations with them. After the peace talks, they will withdraw their troops from Paris and other occupied areas." Mazaran said in an unquestionable tone Issue orders to the Paris Town Assembly.

"But Paris is the Paris of our French, it is a symbol of the kingdom, and it must not be occupied by them!"

"We have organized 3 rebels, dozens of cannons of various types, and thousands of horses. We are familiar with the terrain and every street here. It will not be so easy for them to occupy this place!"

"I believe that there will be a second Joan of Arc in France to help us resist the invaders!"

While the nobles in the town meeting dared not speak out, the merchants and craftsmen in the meeting complained against the order of the great man.

"Are you questioning my decision!? This matter is not only related to Paris, nor is it only a matter of our Kingdom of France, it is related to the entire continent of Europe! The enemies outside think that occupying Paris is equivalent to conquering our Kingdom of France, but our The king is still there, and we still have [-]% of the territory. Their actions will only make the European countries more wary of them. We will make a compromise for now, and then discuss revenge with the European countries. There is no need to pay unnecessary casualties." Maza Then said coldly.

He did almost the same thing as the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. After the defeat, he temporarily compromised, and then tried to find a way to lift the shackles brought about by the defeat.

There was still dissatisfaction in the Parisian Assembly, both with the king who had fled and with the cardinal who had ordered their surrender.

The monarchy of the Kingdom of France began to reach its peak after a series of measures by the previous Cardinal Richelieu. The merchants and craftsmen in Paris were not strong enough. Facing the orders of the Cardinal, they had to succumb to the royal power. Put down the matchlock guns, spears, and swords in your hands.

However, the fall of Paris this time made the citizens of Paris vaguely have some new ideas. Some businessmen and intellectuals began to come into contact with the East they did not understand. Overthrow the French monarchy.Of course, this is a later matter.

"Mazaran, the archbishop in red, has ordered the Paris Parliament and the Paris rebels to give up resistance, and we can enter the city." Sun Chuanting received a notice from Mazaran.

"Could this be their trap to lure us into the city and then catch the turtle in the urn?" Cao Bianjiao worried.

In the history of Huaxia, there are many cases of fraudulent surrender, and countless ancient generals died of this kind of strategy.

"Let the Indian native soldiers take the lead in entering the city and occupying the main streets, and retreat if there is an ambush." ​​Sun Chuanting once again used cannon fodder to explore the way.

(End of this chapter)